Welcome to the 4th and final Bulletin for DVCon 2005.

This brief email newsletter is intended to give you updates and insight into DVCon, the most important and influential conference for design and verification using HDLs. Sponsored by Accellera, DVCon 2005 will be held in San Jose, California, February 14-16, 2005. 

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE:

*Bigwigs Panel moderated by John Cooley promises to be edgy

*Best paper awards

*Social Events

*Exhibitors

*DVCon trivia

*DVCon schedule

Bigwigs panel line-up

The Bigwigs panel, moderated by John Cooley of ESNUG and host of www.deepchip.com, will begin at 4:30pm on Tuesday, February 15 in the Donner Ballroom at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California.

Panel participants will be:

*Rajeev Madhavan - CEO of Magma

*Moshe Gavrielov - CEO of Verisity

*Pravin Madhani - CEO of Sierra

*Jacob Jacobsson - CEO of Forte

*Antun Domic - VP & GM of Implementation, Synopsys

*Robert Hum - VP & GM of Verification & Test, Mentor Graphics

*Ted Vucurevich - CTO of Cadence

*Gary Smith - Senior EDA Analyst, Gartner/Dataquest

The controversial and edgy EDA topics the panelists will discuss are completely user-driven. 

Best Paper Awards

Come to the conference and cast your vote for the best papers in verification and design.  Awards will be given in both categories during the close of the conference on Wednesday, February 16 at 5:00pm.  The technical program can provide details on the papers and speakers. 

Social Events

There are two cocktail receptions during the conference and exhibition:  Monday, February 14 from 5:00 √ 7:00pm and Tuesday, February 15 immediately following the Bigwigs panel.  Both are in the Donner Ballroom at the DoubleTree Hotel.

Come and visit the leaders in design and verification

There are 20 companies exhibiting at DVCon 2005 including Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys. In addition, there are four participants in the Consultants Corner.  2005 Participating Companies.
 

DVCon trivia question

What do Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys have in common?

Answer is at the bottom of the Bulletin.

DVCon Schedule

For more information regarding conference and exhibit hours, keynote and sponsored tutorials.

Trivia answer:

They are each sponsoring tutorials at DVCon 2005 :)

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